Migration to SQL Azure

Presenter: Lynn Langit

Session Details

Learn tools, techniques and strategies to migrate existing data, whether it be sourced from text files, Excel, MySQL, SQL Server or other RDMSs to the cloud. Lynn will show best practices for migration - from quick prototyping using tools and wizards, to production movement using SSIS and BCP. She will also go in-depth on feature differences between SQL Server and SQL Azure

About the Speaker

A self-described language geek, Lynn Langit is fascinated by languages and semantics. She understands that life rarely travels in a straight line and her own career reflects this winding path. Lynn moved from a degree in linguistics to become a business executive, and then launched her own software development, training and consulting company. She’s done production work with all versions of .NET, BizTalk, K2.Net, SharePoint, SQL Server, Analysis Services, InfoPath, MOM, and Active Directory, and holds an array of certifications, including MCT, MCSD, MCITP, MCSE, MCDBA and MSF.

She is the author of Smart Business Intelligence Solutions with SQL Server 2008 (MSPress) and Foundations of SQL Server 2005 Business Intelligence (APress). In her spare time, Lynn gives back to the community by supporting children’s education. Her current projects include work with the 'Teaching Kids Programming' group (www.TeachingKidsProgramming.org), the Mona Foundation (Redmond, Washington) and SmartCare (Lusaka, Zambia).